Oil-waste retainer



April 27 1926.

O. B. DEATLEY OIL WASTE RETAINER Filed Oct. 17, 1925 A ttor-nega.

Patented Apr. 227, 1926.

UNITED STATES Parnu rl een@ E.

OLIVER B. DEATLEY, oF-InnrAnAPoLrs, .INDIANA OIL-WASTE RETAINER.

Application filed ctober 17', 1925. Serial No. 63,135.

To all Lo/wm t may concern.: f

Iie it known that I, OLIVER B. DEATLEY. a citizen of the United States, residing at In` dianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-IVaste Retainers, of which the following is cation.

My invention relates to ineans for retaining oil waste within journal boxes and the like, and has for its primary object the preboxes are designed to be packed periodically with waste and oilsuch that the waste is packed below the journal to Contact the journal from the under side.

Frequently, the waste so packed will be carried around the journal as it revolves such that the waste particles are carried around under the bearing brass with a resultant heating of the bearing', or the waste is so carried around or so works out, thaty the waste is lifted froni the lower floor of the journal box such that the oil drains down out of the waste to the space left below and out of Contact with the journal, and the bearing again heats due to lack of lubrication.

I overcome these difficulties and achieve the above indicated and such other ininorl objects as will be apparent in thefollowing description, by the ineans asl illustrated in parting from the spirit of the invention, and

the accompanying drawing, in which- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of iny oilwaste retainer; and Fig. 2, a diagrammatic longitudinal, vertical section through a j ournal box showing the relative position of the retainer within the journal box.

Like characters of reference indicate lik parts in thetwo views.

-Referring to Fig. 1, I forni niy oil-waste retainer preferably from sheet metal with a j front attaching plate l5, a horizontal apron 6 a specilihaving the vertical legs 7 and 8 projecting from its sides, and the horizontal fingers 9 and 10 extending from the legs 7 and 8.

The back edges of the apron 6, and the legs 7 and 8, and the lower edges of the iingers 9 and 1() are provided with laterally projecting teeth 11, here shown as being formed by cutting the inetal edges at intervals and alternatingly bending the sections from one side to the other.

In applying iny oil-waste retainer to the journal box, the box 12, Fig. 2, is first packed with the oiled waste 13 in the usual and customary manner by compressing the waste j 13 below the journal la. My retainer is then slipped within the box 12, on top of the waste, with the journal 14 lying between the fingers 9 and'lO, and the attaching plate 5 is rested on the inclined front face 15 of the' journal box 12 and secured thereto by bolts 16, such that the lapron G coines ona line approximately at the under side of the journal 14. The space between the journal box side wall and the journal is comparatively sin-all butperinits the easy passage of the retainer fingers 9 and 10 therebetween with- 'out contact-ingeither thewall or the journal.

from the space between the journal and the f vertical walls of the journal box 12. Siniilarly, theteeth 11 on the edges of the horizontal fingers Qjand 10 prevent the waste from working upwardly around the journal j 14; on either side.

Having described iny invention in `the forni as now best known to. nie, it is obvious that the structure inayy be varied without de- I therefore do not want to be limited'to the lprecise structure as shown, nor any more 1. In a journal box having a journal extending therein, an oil-waste retainer having an attaching plate,fan upright ineinberr` extending from the plate on eachside of the journal, a finger extending rearwardly from' the upper end of each upright member on I *1f each side of the journal, and waste retaining A' prongs on the fingers.

2. In a journal boX having a journal ex- 5 tending therein, an oil-waste retainer having an attaching plate, an apron extending toward the journal near its under side and above the floor of the journal, a member eX- tending upwardly from each side of the apron, a linger extending rearwardly from the top portion of each of the upright members, said lingers lying on eaeh side of the journal, and retaining prongs on the fingers.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

OLIVER B. DEATLEY. 

